20 November 2017 - Robert Togneri Trophy

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Place
1	Bill Cook	1601	1 W 14	1½ B 10	1½ W 3	2½ B 18	3½ W 12	=4
2	Graham Anderson	1595	1 B 13	2 W 23	3 B 11	4 W 6	5 B 3	1
3	John Blake	1574	½*	1½B 18	2½ B 1	3½ W 7	3½ W 2	=4
4	Tony Pitson	1496	1 B 15	1 W 11	2 B 19	2½ W 19	2½ B 6	=10
5	Dave Hewitt	1558	1 W 16	2 B 8	2 W 6	3 B 14	4 W 11	=2
6	Richard Warcup	e1450	1 B 17	2 W 9	3 B 5	3 B 2	4 W 4	=2
7	Martyn Roe	1442	½ W 18	1½ B 12	2½ W 10	2½ B 3	2½ W 9	=10
8	David Scobie	e1400	1 B 19	1 W 5	2 B 23	2 W 11	-	=15
9	Gordon Allcock	1368	1 W 20	1 B 6	2 W 22	2½ B 4	3½ B 7	=4
10	Brad Duthie	1316	1 B 21	1½ W 1	1½ B 7	1½ W 12	2½ Bye	=10
11	Tom Wallace	1313	1 W 22	2 B 4	2 W 2	3 B 8	3 B 5	=7
12	Jonathan Blake	1289	½ *	½ W 7	1½ W 21	2½ B 10	2½ B 1	=10
13	Robert Togneri	1200	0 W 2	0 B 14	0 W 18	1 Bye	1 B 22	=20
14	Mick Bloor	1192	0 B 1	1 W 13	2 B 17	2 W 5	3 B 15	=7
15	Craig Thomson	723	0 W 4	0 B 22	1 W 16	2 B 20	2 W 14	=15
16	Idris Benwell	394	0 B 5	0 W 19	0 B 15	0 W 17	-	23
17	Alex Brimlow	377	0 W 6	1 B 20	1 W 14	2 B 16	-	=15
18	Martin Pringle	u/g	½ B 7	½ W 3	1½ B 13	1½ W 1	-	=18
19	Ross Warcup	u/g	0 W 8	1 B 16	1 W 4	1½ B 21	2½ W 20	=10
20	Garth Armitage	u/g	0 B 9	0 W 17	1 Bye	1 W 15	1 B 19	=20
21	Douglas Pringle	u/g	0 W 10	1 Bye	1 B 12	1½ W 19	-	=18
22	Chris Mintern	u/g	0 B 11	1 W 15	1 B 9	2 W 23	3 W 13	=7
23	Gordon Bowie	u/g	1 Bye	1 B 2	1 W 8	1 B 22	-	=20

 

Robert Togneri presents Graham Anderson with his eponymous trophy.

14 November 2017 - Junior Challenge Match

Thanks to Derek McAteer and all of the juniors at Cumbernauld Chess Club for hosting a challenge match last night. We all enjoyed it, and hope for a rematch soon.

13 November 2017 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B v Dunfermline B
Dave Hewitt Tony Pitson Craig Manson Brad Duthie Tom Wallace	1584 1469 1455 1428 1386	½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	1581 1541 1465 1452 1370	Calum Smith Andy Forbes Stewart Brisbane Douglas Rew Peter Horne
		4 - 1

6 November 2017 - Central Allegro League

Stirling Bruce 9½ - 6½ Cumbernauld
Round 1
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Ralph Sirrat
Graham Anderson	½ - ½	George Thomson
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	George Ford
Brad Duthie	½ - ½	Derek McAteer
Round 2
Bill Cook	1 - 0	George Thomson
Graham Anderson	0 - 1	Ralph Stirrat
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Derek McAteer
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	George Ford
Round 3
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Derek McAteer
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	George Ford
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	George Thomson
Brad Duthie	0 - 1	Ralph Stirrat
Round 4
Bill Cook	1 - 0	George Ford
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	Derek McAteer
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Ralph Stirrat
Brad Duthie	½ - ½	George Thomson

1 November 2017 - Central League Division 2

Grangemouth B v Stirling B
Ian Mason Hugh Hanlon Crawford Welsh David Fowler Scott Dickson	1601 1351 1335 1095 1014	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1584   1469 1455 1428	Dave Hewitt Richard Warcup Tony Pitson Craig Manson Brad Duthie
		½ - 4½

Thanks to Dave for the following game, where he had White against Ian Mason - who chose a deliberate anti-Trompowsky opening.

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Hewitt, D–Mason, I½–½Grangemouth B v Stirling BGrangemouth CC01.11.2017

1.d4 c5 2.f3 cxd4 3.xd4 c6 4.c3 f6 5.g5 e4 6.h4 xg5 7.hxg5 e5 8.xc6 bxc6 9.d2 e7 10.e3 d6 11.g6 fxg6 12.f3 d5 13.e3 d6 14.d2 e4 15.d1 g5 16.xe4 e7 17.xg5 xg5 18.a4 Draw agreed ½–½

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Thanks also to Brad for the game below, where he had Black against Scott Dickson.

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S. Dickson1014–Brad Duthie14280–1Stirling vs. GrangemouthGrangemouth01.11.2017

1.d4 f6 A45: Indian Game 2.f4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.c3 e7 5.f3 0-0 6.d3 b7 7.bd2 d5 8.e2 e4 9.h4 d7 10.h5 df6 11.e5 c5 12.h6 g6 13.0-0-0 c8 14.f3 cxd4 15.exd4 xc3+ 16.b1 (+1.29 ? +0.10) Mistake. The best move was 16. bxc3. 16.bxc3 xc3 17.e3 c8 18.b1 h5 19.b2 xd1+ 20.xd1 xf4 16...xd2+ 17.xd2 c8 18.c1 a6 19.xc8 xc8 20.c1 d8 21.c3 (+0.56 ? -0.04) Inaccuracy. A better move was 21. g4. 21.g4 e8 22.g5 d6 23.e3 e7 24.c2 b5 25.c1 c7 21...h5 22.h2 (0.00 ? -1.15) Inaccuracy. A better move was 22. Bd2. 22.d2 d6 22...g5 23.g4 xc1 24.xc1 (-0.93 ? -1.81) Inaccuracy. A better move was 24. Qxc1. 24.xc1 f6 25.g3 e8 26.g5 c8 27.f4 f6 28.gxf6 xf6 24...g5+ 25.d2 c8+ 26.d1 xd2+ 27.xd2 f6 28.g5 e8 29.f4 (-0.94 ? -2.10) Inaccuracy. A better move was 29. Nd7. 29.d7 f6 30.gxf6 f7 31.xb6 d8 32.b4 xf6 33.c7 f8 29...f5 (-2.00 ? -0.62) Mistake. The best move was 29... Rd8. 29...d8 30.e2 d6 31.g4 e8 32.e5 f8 33.d2 d6 34.b4 30.d1 (-0.54 ? -2.28) Mistake. The best move was 30. Nd7. 30.d7 f7 31.xb6 d8 32.b4 d6 33.e5 c4+ 34.xc4 dxc4 30...b5 (-2.37 ? -1.37) Inaccuracy. A better move was 30... Rd8. 30...d8 31.d2 d6 32.a4 f8 33.g3 a5 34.b5 e7 35.c6 31.d2 b4 32.d1 a5 33.d2 a8 34.c2 a6 35.b3 d6 36.xa6 xa6 37.d3 c4 38.c5 c6 39.c2 (-2.72 ? -4.70) Inaccuracy. A better move was 39. Nd3. 39.d3 b6 40.c5 c4 41.d3 b6 42.c5 c8 43.e5 c4 39...e5 40.b3 (-5.30 ? -9.72) Inaccuracy. A better move was 40. Bd2. 40.d2 exd4 41.b3 e5+ 42.d1 xf3 43.xa5 a6 44.xb4 xg5 40...a3+ 0–1

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30 October 2017 - Central League Division 2

Dunfermline B v Stirling C
Andy Forbes Fred Ossowski Douglas Rew Peter Horne Mark McLintock	1541 1553 1452 1370 1171	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1386 1284 1273 1107 756	Tom Wallace Gordon Allcock Robert Togneri Mick Bloor Tom McKay
		4 - 1

29 October 2017 - Scottish National Chess League

This season, Forth Valley A are playing in Division 2, and Forth Valley B are in Division 4.

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Kilmarnock
Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2054   1894   1879   1767   1704	½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0	2103   1988   1903   1729   1449	Jamie Malkin   Kenny Malkin   Douglas Hamilton   Jim Kleboe   John McNicoll
		2½ - 2½

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Perth
Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2054   1894   1879   1767   1704	½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	1907   1644   1512   1451   1200	Martin Gourlay   Michael Roth   Ian Washington   Gwenole Le Feuvre   Aaron Gourlay
		4½ - ½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Dundee City C
Bill Cook   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   David Fowler	1663   1601   1584   1499   1095	0 - 1   1 - 0   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1670e   1600   1539   1453   1377	Joshua Crofts   Robert Jackson   Keith Rose   Agnijo Banerjee   Ray Flood
		1½ - 3½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Corstorphine
Bill Cook   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   David Fowler	1663   1601   1584   1499   1095	0 - 1   ½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   0 - 1	1585   1291   1265   1199   1016	Ricky Dowling   Graham Wilson   Angus Ruthven   Dave Watson   Ernesto Salvatore
		2½ - 2½

It's not often I get sent games like this...

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Gray, B–Watson, D1–0SNCL FVB v CorstorphineDunfermline29.10.2017

1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.d4 exd4 4.c4 e7 5.c3 dxc3 6.d5 d6 7.xf7+ d7 8.e6# 1–0

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